History Highlights Across Names and Dates
A digest of notable events and biographies from 1784 to 1920 including Father Junipero Serra’s death in Monterey 1784 a 1816 treaty abolishing Christian slavery between England and Algiers 1908 death of James H Oliver in South Bend 1828 birth of Tolstoi 1910 1866 Lincoln Johnson Grant Farragut Chicago Mt Lookout 1873 and 1920 Pope Benedict meeting American Knights of Columbus.
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Junipero
San Francisco
Monterey
Minorca
England
Algiers
James H. Oliver
Scotland
South Bend
Ind
Leo Tolstoi
Russia
Pollana
Johnson
Gen
Grant
Admiral Farragut
Washington
Chicago
Douglas Monument
Mt. Lookout Observatory
Cincinnati
Hines
California
Arizona
Nevada
Pope Benedict
American Knights of Columbus
Six Die in West Virginia Strike Clash One Year Ago
One year later six people were killed in a clash between State police and mine strikers in West Virginia. A memorial service for 6000 war dead was held on a pier in Hoboken New Jersey.
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West Virginia
Hoboken
N. J
Shanghai International Settlement restricts fire service outside limits
The Shanghai International Settlement police and fire department will no longer provide services outside its borders unless a prior arrangement and payment agreement are made. Municipal authorities say the move aims to economize and relieve settlement ratepayers from costs in non taxed areas.
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Shanghai
Ire
National Safety Congress Opens in Detroit
The eleventh annual National Safety Congress opened in Detroit on August 28 under the National Safety Council. The event runs through the week and aims to showcase the latest loss prevention ideas and devices for industry. Between 4000 and 6000 representatives from major plants in the United States and Canada are expected to attend.
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Detroit
Mich
National Safety Congress
National Safety Council
United States
Canada
Bellamy Storer Celebrates 75th Birthday Eminent Lawyer and Former Diplomat
Bellamy Storer marks his seventy fifth birthday. Native of Cincinnati, son of Judge Bellamy Storer, Harvard and Cincinnati Law School graduate. Served as Assistant U S District Attorney, two terms in Congress, Minister to Belgium, Minister to Spain, and Ambassador to Austria Hungary.
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Bellamy Storer
United States
Cincinnati
Harvard
Cincinnati Law School
Congress
Ohio
Belgium
Brussels
Madrid
Spain
Origin of Hawaii Race Might Be From Guam, Say Scientists
Investigators from Bishop Museum and Yale University suggest Hawaii’s Polynesian settlers may have arrived directly from Guam rather than via Samoa, Tonga and Tahiti. Excavations reveal Guam war implements and skulls resembling Hawaiians, with traces of other cultures and possible multiple migrations from Asia.
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Associated Press
Honolulu
T H
Hawaii
Guam
Misconesia
Samoa
Tonga
Tahiti
Bishop Museum
Yale University
Kenneth Emory
Guan
Asia
Pacific
Notice of Trustee's Sale of Netzer Bankruptcy Goods
In the matter of Joseph Netzer bankrupt, notice is given of a sale by Trustee F M Ramsay. The sale by order of Judge John C Scott takes place August 22 1922 and continues daily at 1311 13 15 Lincoln Street Laredo Webb County Texas to the highest cash bidder.
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Joseph Netzer
John C. Scott
Lincoln Street
Laredo
Webb County
Texas
Railroad Time Table Texas-Mexican and International lines
Train No. 1 to Corpus Christi departs at 10 a.m. and arrives at 8:35 p.m. Through fast train to St. Louis leaves at 1:01 p.m. and arrives at 5:16 p.m. Night Train departs at 10 p.m. and arrives at 7:80 a.m.
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Corpus’Christi
Corpus Christi
Rio Grande and Eagle Posse Train Schedule Card
Train No. 1 runs from Laredo to Minera daily except Sunday leaving 8:30 a.m. and arriving 10:20 a.m. Train No. 2 runs from Minera to Laredo daily except Sunday leaving 11:00 a.m. and arriving at 8:16 p.m.
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Rio Grande & Eagle Posse
Laredo
Minera
Narrative of a Dysentery Cure Lead by Remedy
Mrs Mabala Burns of Savanna Missouri recalls using Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy nine years ago to cure flux and recounts another attack three years ago where the medicine again proved effective. The account mirrors similar testimonials widespread in the country.
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Mabala- Burns
Savanna
Chamberlain
Sures Ma
Man's Little Day and a Busy Social Parade
A poem contrasts a man’s routine from morning birth to death, while a Dallas audience receives a flowing list of social visits and events. The column records frequent travelers, visitors from San Antonio, Austin, Tampico, and Houston, plus parties at Bella Vista and church group outings with named locals and addresses.
Weather forecast from New Orleans bureau
The Times provides today’s forecast from the U S Weather Bureau in New Orleans. Tonight and Tuesday are expected to be fair with good conditions.
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United States Weather Bureau
New Orleans
The
Telephone Co
Fort McIntosh 34-Hour Weather Observation
Fort McIntosh reports 34 hours of observations ending at 7 am today with wind from the west and gusts near the 10 degree mark. The report notes temperature and barometric trends though specifics are unreadable in the fragment.
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Fort McIntosh
Dega
Invisible Fear in Hampton Film at Royal Theatre
Anita Stewart stars in The Invisible Fear a First National release shown at the Royal Theatre on Thursday and Friday. Director Edwin Carewe faced cautions about sun locations sets and lights yet the production moved quickly and smoothly amid steady cooperation from the studio.
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Hampton Tél
Ruth
Anita Stewart
Royal Theatre
Thursdy
Louis B. Mayer
Edwin Carewe
Sailor Made Man Premier Aboard U S S Frederick
Courtesies between the United States Navy and Harold Lloyd marked the premiere of A Sailor Made Man The first showing occurred aboard the battlewagon with an audience of naval officers and six hundred guests including Hal Roach Mildred Davis and several others The Rialto booked the show for Tuesday and Wednesday
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United States Navy
Harold Lloyd
Pacific Coast
U. S. 5S
Frederick
Hal Roach
Mildred Davis
Messrs and Mines
Jean Havez
H. M. Walker
Fred Newmeyer
Robert Golden
T. J. Crizer
Rialto
Fraternal Congress Opens Ninth Annual Meeting
Montreal hosts representatives from 96 societies with almost 10 million members for the National Fraternal Congress of America's ninth annual convention. It opens with welcomes, a business program, and ends with officer elections. Officers include President Henri Roy and Vice President Harry Wade.
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Associated Press
Montreal
Canada
National Fraternal Congress of America
Upchurch
Pennsylvania
Order of United Workmen
The
Congress
Henri Roy
Harry Wade
Indianapolis
Ind
W. E. Futch
Cleveland, O
A. BE. King
Cleveland
Clear Port for Sailors Hailed in Crisfield Maryland
Crisfield Maryland, a small Chesapeake Bay village with about 4000 residents, claims to be a major world port for sailors. The Seamen’s Church Institute of America proposes opening a branch there to serve mariners, supported by the upcoming Episcopal General Convention in Portland.
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Chicago
Crisfield
Chesapeake Bay
Seamens’ Church Institute of America
Episcopal Church
Portland
Seamen's Church Institute
Seven Seas
Globe
Institute
New York
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Newport
Port Arthur
Tex
New Orleans
Norfolk
Havana
Tampa
Manila
P. I
Forty-Eight Miners Entombed in Argonaut Mine Fire
San Francisco Aug 28 the night shift of the Argonaut mine in Amador county with 75 men initially reported entombed as a fire raged above. Later reports confirmed 48 miners trapped below the 3500 foot level with little hope of rescue. Fire and crippled wiring hampered contact as rescue teams rushed to the scene from Grass Valley arriving at noon.
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Argonaut
California
Associated Press
San Francisco
Cal
Amador County
State Bureau of Mines
Berkeley
Jackson
Garbarini
Wight
Bureau of Mines
Grass Valley
Freight Train Rams Flyer Near Denison Texas Injures Eighteen
Denison Texas Aug 28 Frank Binyon of Commerce is the sole patient remaining in hospital after a wreck Saturday night at Bells fourteen miles south of Denison when a Katy freight train rammed into the rear of the flyer injuring eighteen passengers. The porter shouted a warning and opened the rear vestibule allowing many to leap to safety. The balance of the injured were sent home.
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Associated Press
Denison
Texas
Frank Binyon
Commerce
Bells
Here
Katy
Nine in custody over Gary train wreck plot
Chicago Aug 28 nine men are in custody and four have been implicated in a plot alleged to have been hatched by radicals in connection with the wreck of the Michigan Central express train at Gary Indiana a week ago Further arrests are expected.
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Chicago
Gary
Indiana
Railroad workers seek 8 hour day and higher minimum wage
Hearings of the railroad labor board opened in Chicago on a petition by the brotherhood of maintenance of way employees and shop laborers from 100 railroads seeking an increase of the minimum wage from 28 cents to 8 cents an hour. The motion also signals a push for the basic eight hour day with overtime at time and a half.
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Chicago
Railroad Labor Board
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Palestine strike quiet after Hollis killing report
Ranger Captain Jerry Gray told Governor Neff that Dave Hollis, a Black man, was killed while being moved from Palestine to Tyler. Gray said Hollis was in the custody of a deputy U.S. marshal, not state rangers, and described the Palestine situation as quiet.
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Austin
Texas
Jerry Gray
Palestine
Neff
Dave Hollis
Tyler
Gray
Hollis
United States Marshal
Texas Pacific Organizes Company Associations for Shopmen
Dallas Texas Aug 28 The Texas Pacific and other Southwestern railroads are forming company associations of loyal shopmen and of workers who replaced striking staff according to J J Lancaster receiver for the Texas Pacific.
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Dallas
Texas
Texas Pacific
Southwestern Railroads
J. J. Lancaster
Freight Traffic Resumed After Brotherhood Walkout
Jefferson City Missouri August 28 freight traffic on the Missouri Pacific was resumed at noon after workers returned to the shops and yards following the removal of federal marshals and a walkout by the four brotherhoods ending Saturday disruption.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Pacific
Mayfield Silent on Ferguson Nomination
Austin Texas Aug 28 Earle B Mayfield who has been conceded the nomination for United States senator by opponent Jas Ferguson refused to comment on his nomination He said he may issue a statement later
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
Earle B. Mayfield
United States
Jas. Ferguson
Georgetown planter J Philip Sneed dies of Saturday crash injuries
Georgetown Texas August 28 J Philip Sneed wealthy young planter dies last night from injuries suffered Saturday when found by the aide of his automobile near Cameron. The funeral will be Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Georgetown
Texas
J. Philip Sneed
Cameron
Collins Buried by Companions in Irish Funeral
Michael Collins was laid to rest at Glasnevin after a large military funeral. Fellow officers bore the body into Dublin Cathedral as Arthur Griffith’s coffin had been carried in previously. Archbishop Byrne officiated a solemn requiem high mass before a crowd at the archdiocese edifice. The burial plot is reserved for those fallen in the Irish Free State cause.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Michael Collins
Glasnevin
Ireland
Collins
Arthur Griffith
Byrne
Irish Free State
Oklahoma G O P In Convention
Denunciation of Governor Robertson’s Democratic administration and an invitation to disgruntled Democrats to join the Republicans outline the tentative platform for the Oklahoma GOP state convention. Miss Alice Robertson is suggested as convention chairman, and leaders deny the Ku Klux Klan will be an issue.
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Hy Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Robertson
Alice Roberston
Oklahoma
Governor Robey Bribery Indictment Amid Court Fight
In Okmulgee Oklahoma on August petition details an indictment tied to a bribe claim affecting district Judge Mark Bozart and a dispute over Governor Robey's disqualification. The record references actions against the governor and related judicial proceedings.
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Okmulgee, Okla
Robey
Mark Bozart
Robe
Marshall Ely sian Fields and Southwestern Railway Chartered
The Marshall Elysian Fields and Southwestern Railway capitalized at 30000 was chartered by the secretary of state. It will operate as a steam line and includes 18 miles of the former Marshall and East Texas road with Marshall named as headquarters. Officers listed include M Turner of Marshall president J B Furrh of Clysian Fields vice president and W L Berry of Marshall secretary-treasurer.
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Asociated Press
Austin
Texas
Marshall, Elysian Fields and Southwestern Railway
Marshall & East Texas
Marshall
M. Turney
J. B. Furrh
Clysian Fields
Marshall, Pecratory-Treasuree
Congress Busy in Coal Matter
Washington reports committees of the renute and house work on coal distributing legislation as President Harding and advisers prepare to use field powers to improve fuel transportation. Harding favors restoring normal conditions without government operation. Senate and House committees push to complete distribution and priority bills with a Cummins bill favorably reported to create a coal distributing agency and extend ICC authority over priority shipments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Renute
House
Harding
Senate
Cummins
Interstate Mmerce Commission
Texas Coal Miners Return to Work Amid Open Shop Stance
Fort Worth Texas August 28 The Texas coal miners strike lags with union miners back to work except in open shop mines about 200 men have returned to shafts and mines are said to be operating at full capacity
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Fort Worth
Texas
Tobacco Users Pay Share of Internal Revenue
Washington reports tobacco users paid nearly 9 percent of NT 100,007 government internal revenue for 1922. Income and profits tax made up 65 percent of total. Tobacco revenues amounted to over $270,000,000, up by more than $1,000,000 from the prior year.
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Associated Press
Washington
Bishop Hickey Named Texas Conference President
Bishop J. E. Hickey of Georgia, elected at Hot Springs, is chosen to preside over the Texas Methodist conference and will reside in Waco Texas. He succeeds Bishop W N Ainsworth who will lead the Georgia conference.
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Associated Press
Waco
Texas
J. E. Hickey
Georgia
Hot Springs
Dickey
W. N. Ainsworth
Fires Burn Two Negro Buildings in Electra Incident
In Electra, Texas, a small shack serving as a negro restaurant and a negro church were burned after a Sunday night disturbance. A negro porter fled town likely to Vernon. A negro was arrested for assaulting a white girl as onlookers gathered around the jail but showed no violence.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Electra
Vernon
Swedish prohibition plebiscite yields wets win big
Stockholm August 28 reports show drys apparently lost in the prohibition plebiscite with wets leading by about 75,000 in the latest returns. The result signals a decisive shift against prohibition in Sweden.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Judge orders thorough probe into Herrin massacre
Marion Alabama August 28 judge Hartwell directs special grand jury to indict all involved in the Herrin massacre in which 22 miners were killed during the mine war and to pursue a full investigation confirming strong actions against those linked to the violence.
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Associated Press
Marion
Herrin
Hartwell
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Alonzo Barrera
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San Antonio
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B. F. Wright
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Houston
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Keerville
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Tampico
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Bella Vista
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Dave Slaughter
Joe Leyendecker
Clarence Jefferies
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Victor Joseph
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Chicago & Alton Railway
Slater, Missour
Readhouse
Illinois
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